Emotionally unstable personality disorder, Agreeableness and money, Emodiversity

All in the Mind

• Episode: Emotionally unstable personality disorder, Agreeableness and money, Emodiversity
• Website: All in the Mind
• Feed URL: https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/b006qxx9.rss
• Duration: 00:27:57
• Published: 2018-11-13 22:30

Claudia visits a specialist personality disorder clinic in South London where she meets Jo, Susan and Chanelle to talk about what it's like to have a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder. Psychotherapist, Merryn Jones explains why long term, regular group and individual therapy can help people cope with the intense emotional difficulties often caused by traumatic early life experiences. New research on why agreeable people might be worse at managing their money. Sandra Matz from Columbia business school explains that it's not because agreeable people are more cooperative negotiators but that they just care less about money. Also in the programme what is emodiversity and can experiencing a range of negative and positive emotions be protective for your mental health? Tim Dalgleish from the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences unit at the University of Cambridge explains.